| UTTERED | Said a word or two -indistinctly, but not for starters (7) |
| ADVERBS | Themes of the puzzle (as one word, or two) |
| HOTLINE | Special link installed in redesigned hotel (1 word or 2) |
| ENDANGER | Compromise, in a word or two (8) |
| RUMBELOW | In sea shanty, a word or two to tempt thirsty sailors down? |
| WROTE | Jotted a word or two |
| EDIT | Change a word or two |
| ANAGRAM | What is a transposition of the letters of a word or sentence to form a new word or sentence (7) |
| INITIAL | Word for a beginning, such as the first letter of a word or name (7) |
| HASHTAG | On social media, a word or phrase preceded by a #, used to denote the topic of a post (7) |
| TRIGGER | A word or phrase to help players do a skill, drill or activity more accurately (7) |
| NONRUNNERS | Haricot beans, for example, not for starters (3-7) |
| TACITLY | Tamil leader left in a large town without a word or sound (7) |
| ADJUNCT | In grammar, a word or clause enlarging the subject or predicate (7) |
| ELISION | Omission of a sound within a word or between two words |
| HANGMAN | A game involving guessing a word or phrase one letter at a time |
| ALAS | A girl said a word of regret (4) |
| COINAGE | The act of minting bits, coppers, silvers and other metal nummi from flans; said specie collectively; the invention of something new, such as a word; or, the neologism neologised (7) |
| NONRUNNER | Haricot bean for example; not for starters |
| NEOLOGY | Act of inventing a word or phrase (7) |
